By the Ninth and Tenth Centuries, the Once Mighty Abbasid

Multiple Choice

By the ninth and tenth centuries, the once mighty Abbasid Caliphate was showing signs of decay. A major problem was

A) the inroads made by the Crusades.
B) the tendency of governors appointed from Baghdad to establish their own dynasties.
C) a series of overly aggressive and militaristic caliphs.
D) all of these choices
E) none of these choices